From: Aleksander Ciesielski <neomex@...>
Date: 2012-09-18T02:05:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Inline Assembly / Inline C

W dniu 2012-09-17 18:52, Peter Zotov pisze:
> neomex писал 17.09.2012 20:48:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it possible to use inline C or Assembly in Ruby?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>
> Using inline assembly on platforms where Ruby runs doesn't
> make sense these days, and you can write inline C with e.g.
> RubyInline: https://github.com/seattlerb/rubyinline
>
> You can (obviously) use inline assembly in inline C, but I'd
> repeat that you aren't going to need it.
>
>
Wouldn't it improve performance in tasks such as image editions, where 
you have to loop through big amount of data? Or give access to features 
normally impossibile to accomplish in C or Ruby?